Herb

Gu chong (gu-poison insects)

蛊虫gu chong

1 source

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for gu-toxin, a little of the ash taken.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛊虫·主治

References

functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
public pharmacopoeia & zoological facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：蛊毒，烧灰服少许，立愈。

Citations

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛊虫·条名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷四十二·虫部·湿生类·蛊虫·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.